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Empididae? - Syneches simplex
Copyright © 2008 Brad Barnd

Empididae? - Syneches simplex
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
June 23, 2007
Size: ~ 4 mm
Another small fly (Empididae?). Very similar to my previous post except slightly larger and a bit darker colored.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 January, 2008 - 5:53pm
Last updated 1 September, 2013 - 1:54pm

Moved
Moved from Syneches.
… John F. Carr, 8 July, 2011 - 1:45pm

Probably
The photo of a Dance Fly of mine that Eric ID'd had a huge humped pronotum, large eyes and a tapering, long abdomen. It was much larger, but the gestalt of it is the same. It's actually my first Bugguide post:

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 20 January, 2008 - 10:03pm

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